Is a Cold Air Intake (CAI kit) worth it?

Just wondering what you guys really think. I have a 2014 chevy silver ado crew cab 5.3L V8. Just wondering if a cold air intake is even worth the 300$ on average. My truck is 355HP stock. I would like to get it to 400+ i have heard a good start is the cold air take but i really don't know anything about truck egines. Thanks for the info everybody

yes exactly…. first was gna get the intake, then the exhaust….. maybe a programmer but was gna wait on that as i don't know much about them either. I also have no idea about the throttle spacer either. thats one of the reasons i joined the forum, i figured i could learn something.

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The intake I'm looking at is an AFE magnum force intake… i was told get the oiled (blue) filter, but i don't know the difference between the oiled and dry filter either. KN doesn't have any intakes for the 2014 yet or i would go with the KN. Any ideas/sugestions Thanks

The factory intake is a Cold Air Intake. If you want to improve intake air flow, just go with the Airraid MIT intake tube to replace the factory tube between the filter box and throttle body.

I wouldn't waste money on a $300 intake kit though. It's a waste of money.

If you want to get it to 400 HP at the crank without any power adders like N2O or a turbo, all you need is the right cam, made for AFM engines, and a tune. Plenty of other things you can do too, but gaining 50 HP on a stock LS engine isn't that complex.

Just wondering what you guys really think. I have a 2014 chevy silver ado crew cab 5.3L V8. Just wondering if a cold air intake is even worth the 300$ on average. My truck is 355HP stock. I would like to get it to 400+ i have heard a good start is the cold air take but i really don't know anything about truck egines. Thanks for the info everybody

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I would mention, that you may want to hold off on buying a CAI or Buying/Installing other Performance Parts,

I don't know if you've Heard, that General Motors plans to recall 370,000 units of its redesigned 2014" Full-size Pickup Trucks, Citing a Software Problem that could cause Engine Fires.

GM said the Recall Affects All of the 4.3-liter and 5.3-liter Trucks the company has manufactured since production started in the summer, including 303,000 Trucks in the U.S. and 67,000 in Canada and Mexico.

I would mention, that you may want to hold off on buying a CAI or Buying/Installing other Performance Parts,

I don't know if you've Heard, that General Motors plans to recall 370,000 units of its redesigned 2014" Full-size Pickup Trucks, Citing a Software Problem that could cause Engine Fires.

GM said the Recall Affects All of the 4.3-liter and 5.3-liter Trucks the company has manufactured since production started in the summer, including 303,000 Trucks in the U.S. and 67,000 in Canada and Mexico.

Yes sir, I heard about that. I made the dealership hook it up to its computer and verify that that issue was taken care of before I even took it off the lot.... Thanks for looking out though

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Good Deal, glad to see you had this issue taken care of.....:great:

There is One Item that will shows you Gains in H.P., and that is going with a Custom Tune, from one like Black Bear Performance Tunes, below is their Web Site, if you have sometime, take a Look.....I have their Custom Tune on My Silverado, and Other than a Pure HP Gains, Overall Drive-ability has been Increased. My Truck Runs-n-Performs at a Higher Level than it did before this Custom Tune,